Overhead loader



Augw W, 1948.

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This invention relates to loading equipment mounted upon a mobile vehicle such as a tractor and wherein the soil or similar material to be loaded is received in a scoop and is elevated above the vehicle and is transported to the rear where it is automatically dumped.

An object of the present invention is to give a double purchase line pull by the use of double purchase sheaves, and at the same time a controlled automatic tipping of the scoop by the use of an articulating member or arm.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an overhead loader wherein the lifting of the loaded scoop in the preliminary state is easily effected and wherein the travel of the scoop is relatively fast during the whole operation of lifting, transporting and discharging.

It has been disclosed that the known types of overhead loaders of the kind referred to, use a single line pull and that the scoop r, bucket tilts rearwardly before reaching the discharge position due to it being in a fixed position in relation to its raising arms or pushbeams throughout its cycle of operation.

The present invention reduces spillage to a minimum, as the scoop tilts rearwardly only when approaching the discharge position and then the tilting is effected rapidly by articulating arms.

The cable system of the present device is also such that double the normal purchase is obtained at the commencement of the lift, as compared with the elevating and transversing periods, the initial lift and elevation being followed by more rapid tilting operations.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the present invention showing the main frame and articulating construction.

Figure 2 is a rear detail view showing the method of cable reeving and double purchase cable movement.

Figure 3 is a front view corresponding to Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view of the cable reeving system.

The scoop I 0 is attached on either side to pushbeams H, and articulating arms l2 by pin joints l3 and It, the said pushbeams I I and articulating arms l2 being pinned to pivot housings l5 one on each side of the device, such pivot housings I5 being an integral part of the main chassis frame ii. A ground roller I1 is moimted on the chassis In Australia December 21, 1945 '1 Claim. (or. 214-131) frame Hi to give balance to the machine and prevent nosing down" when loading.

The main chassis frame l6 also has attached thereto a rear frame l8 and a front frame 19 which support a main overhead structure 20, see Figure 3, in which a hauling shaft 2| is mounted at the rear thereof. The said shaft 2| has two hauling drums 22 and 24 and a central drum 23 secured thereto. The said overhead structure 20, Figure 3, has a frame 21 upon which a front pair of sheaves 25 and a rear pair of sheaves 26 are pinned. Two small guide sheaves 28 and 29, see Figure 4, termed double purchase sheaves, are pinned in a fixed housing, not shown, within the main overhead structure 20, Figure 3, in an intermediate position.

Two small cable guide sheaves 3| and 32 are mounted on the front edge of the main overhead structure 20, see Figures 1 and 3 and two swivel sheaves 33 and 34, see Figures 2, 3 and 4, termed for convenience lift sheaves, are located on the front of the pushbeams II, by which means the latter and the scoop ID are raised or lowered.

. The above construction is mounted on a mobile vehicle such as a tractor, Figures 1 and 2, by driving the vehicle into the structure from the rear and then fastening the main chassis frame It to the chassis of the' tractor, by means of bolts in known manner.

The tractor is provided with a rear winch drum unit 35 of known construction, from which a cable 36, termed for convenience the winch cable, passes to the said large centre drum 23 around which several turns are wound, the ends of the said winch cable 36 being anchored respectively to the said rear winch drum unit 35 and the said large centre drum 23.

Another cable 31 termed for convenience the hauling cable, and used to control the raising and lowering of the scoop ID has both ends thereof placed through the said double purchase guide sheaves 28 and 29 from the inner side of the said housing 20, the said cable ends being thence passed over the said cable guide sheaves 3i and 32, through the inner side of the said lift sheaves 33 and 34, up over the front sheaves 25-25 of the frame 21 and then under the rear sheaves 26-28 of the said frame 21 to the respective hauling drums 22 and 24 to which they are respectively attached.

There are adjusting positions 38 on the pivot housings 15 for the articulating arms l2 so that the cutting angle of the scoop H) can be altered when digging or levelling.

The articulating arms 12 are placed so that 3 when the pushbeams II and thus the scoop III are raised, the articulating arms II are given a radial movement, the movement and pivoting of the said articulating arms I! being such that on passing the dead centre the said arms I2 describe a shorter arc than the pushbeams II and thereby impart a quick tilting action. rearwardly, to the scoop i todlscharge the contents with minimum spillage.

The scoop Ill when relieved of its load returns by gravity as the rear winch drum 35 is reversed or freed by its clutch.

It may be mentioned that to fill the scoop ill the articulating arms 12 and pushbeams ll move forward with the tractor, which is driven into the material to be loaded, the scoop i0 being in the lowered position. The forward motion of the tractor fills the scoop in which is then raised, with its load, by operating the rear winch drum unit 3! in known manner whereby the winch cable 36 turns the large centre drum 23 thus reeving the hauling cable 31 into the hauling drums 12 and 24.

What is claimed is:

An overhead loading unit for attachment to a tractor, such unit comprising a chassis frame, means for attaching the chassis frame to a tractor, a scoop, push beams and articulated arms interposed between and pivotaily connected with the chassis frame and scoop respectively. an upstanding front frame and an upstanding rear frame on the chassis frame, an overhead structure supported .by said upstanding frames, a hauling shaft .lournaled in said overhead structure adjacent the rear end thereof, a, central drum on 35 2,407,425

said hauling shaft, a cable reeved on the drum and adapted for connection with an operating winch on the tractor. a pair of spaced hauling shaft. a pair of sheaves Journaied on the overhead structure adjacent the forward end thereof. a pair of sheaves journaled on the overhead structure adjacent the rear end thereof, a pair of spaced guide sheaves supported in the overhead structure at a point intermediate the said front and rear sheaves, another pair of guide sheaves supported adjacent the forward end of the overhead structure in substantial alinement with said first named guide sheaves, a lift sheave swivelmounted at the forward end of each of the push beams, and a cable secured about one of the hauling drums and then reeved through all the sheaves and being secured at itsother end about the other hauling drum, all whereby upon rotation of the hauling shaft the scoop will be lifted and swung rearwardly into discharging position.

' ALBERT ARTHUR LOBCH.

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